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Sat, 01 Aug 2015 17:43:52 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3GMAT Course Update: Improved Concept Reportinghttp://www.knewton.com/blog/test-prep/gmat-course-update-improved-concept-reporting/
http://www.knewton.com/blog/test-prep/gmat-course-update-improved-concept-reporting/#commentsWed, 03 Nov 2010 15:00:30 +0000http://www.knewton.com/stage/blog/?p=8280Read more]]>Our Adaptive Learning Systems are the heart of the Knewton GMAT course, and we’re always working to improve them. Recently, we released an upgrade to the way we report our student’s conceptual proficiencies. This change came out of several months of research on how our students learn, and we’re really excited about the ways it makes studying more efficient — and personal — than ever before.

If you’re in class now, you may have noticed that the number of concepts associated with the questions in your CATs, homework quizzes, focus lessons, and extra practice problems has grown. That’s because we refined our concept hierarchy and atomic-level reporting: basically, the way we track how you’re doing on all the component concepts tested on the GMAT.

What does this mean for you? Better content (written and video) and an even more complete picture of what you need to study. You’ll see a richer, more personal list of relevant concepts, deeper reporting on your strengths and weaknesses, and targeted content for 700-level scores.

Our new concept hierarchy is going into our next wave of adaptive learning tools and instruction, so you’re getting all our latest technology to help you raise your GMAT score.

Check out the new content, and let us know what you think! You can join your teachers and fellow students in the discussion at community.knewton.com.

The June LSAT has come and gone: In fact, score reports are just around the corner (they’re set to come out June 28th… deep breath!).

We asked our Knewton LSAT prep students for some feedback on their test-day experiences. The consensus? Overall, 60% of students reported doing as expected or better on the June LSAT (although of course no one can be sure until the 28th!).

Other interesting feedback:

Most difficult section: Analytical Reasoning (a.k.a. Logic Games) was the toughest section for 50% of students; 30% reported the most trouble with Reading Comprehension and 20% with Logical Reasoning.Students felt best prepared for: Logical Reasoning (52.6%). A large percentage of students felt most ready for Logic Games (42.1%); 5.3% were most ready for Reading Comprehension.Timing: The majority of respondents weren’t too adversely affected by timing troubles. 38.9% felt a little rushed (only natural on a tricky test like the LSAT!); 11.1% weren’t affected at all by timing (awesome job!), 33.3% didn’t get to a couple of questions, and 16.7% said that timing was “too much to bear.”

Section feedback:
-Logical Reasoning: 86% felt they did as expected or better, with Assumptions being the most difficult question type
-73% felt they did as expected or better in Reading Comprehension
-Analytical Reasoning: 53% of respondents felt they did worse than expected

Conclusions: While the LSAT (as always) presented some challenges to students, overall, test-day experiences were positive.

100% of students reported that they would recommend the Knewton LSAT course to a friend–which we’re interpreting as a good sign!